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Return of the Thief: The final book in the Queen's Thief series

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'Megan Whalen Turner is one of my all-time favorite writers . . . impossible to put down' Holly Black, New York Times bestselling author of The Cruel Prince

Neither accepted nor beloved, Eugenides is the uneasy linchpin of a truce on the Lesser Peninsula, where he has risen to be high king of Attolia, Eddis, and Sounis.

As the treacherous Baron Erondites schemes anew and a prophecy appears to foretell the death of the king, the ruthless Mede empire prepares to strike.

And only Eugenides, now more cunning than ever, can save them all . . .

Praise for Megan Whalen Turner

'The Queen's Thief books awe and inspire me' Laini Taylor

'Megan Whalen Turner writes vivid, immersive, heartbreaking fantasy' Leigh Bardugo

'Endlessly entertaining, deeply deceptive, and very, very clever' Garth Nix

'Romance, intrigue, mystery, surprises, and sheer beautiful writing' Cassandra Clare

'The world Turner creates is so tangible that not only do I believe in its characters, I almost believe in its gods' Kristin Cashore

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Praise for Return of the Thief

  • The Queen's Thief books awe and inspire me. They have the feel of a secret, discovered history of real but forgotten lands. The plot-craft is peerless, the revelations stunning, and the characters flawed, cunning, heartbreaking, exceptional - Laini Taylor, New York Times-bestselling author of the Daughter of Smoke and Bone novels and Strange the Dreamer

  • Megan Whalen Turner writes vivid, immersive, heartbreaking fantasy that will leave you desperate to return to Attolia again and again - Leigh Bardugo, #1 New York Times-bestselling author of Six of Crows and Crooked Kingdom

  • Megan Whalen Turner's Queen's Thief books are like the characters she creates: endlessly entertaining, deeply deceptive, and very, very clever - Garth Nix, New York Times-bestselling and award-winning author of the Old Kingdom, Keys to the Kingdom, and Seventh Tower series

  • Romance, intrigue, mystery, surprises, and sheer beautiful writing - Cassandra Clare, award-winning and New York Times-bestselling author of The Mortal Instruments and Lady Midnight

  • Megan Whalen Turner is one of my all-time favorite writers . . . impossible to put down - Holly Black, award-winning and New York Times-bestselling author of The Cruel Prince

  • Trust me. Just read it. Then read it again, because it will not be the same river twice - Lois McMaster Bujold, acclaimed and Hugo Award-winning author of the Vorkosigan Saga, the Chalion Series, and the Sharing Knife series

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Megan Whalen Turner

Megan Whalen Turner

Megan Whalen Turner is an award winning and bestselling author of six standalone novels set in the world of the Queen's Thief. Her books have been awarded the Mythopoeic Prize for Children's Literature, the Los Angeles Times Book Award for Young Adult Literature, a Newbury Honor, and a Horn Book/Boston Globe Honor.

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